Posts Tagged ‘early career’
Dr. Neena Lala-Tabbert Early Career Blog
Dr. Neena Lala-Tabbert is currently a postdoctoral fellow in the lab of Dr. Robert Korneluk at the CHEO Research Institute in Ottawa. She is investigating the utility of Smac Mimetic Compounds and TWEAK in reducing muscle pathology in mdx mice, the mouse model of Duchenne muscular dystrophy.
Read MoreMyogenesis Discussion Group | Molecular Regulation of Muscle Stem Cell Function
The Myogenesis Discussion Group seminar Molecular Regulation of Muscle Stem Cell Function presented by Dr. Michael Rudnicki will take place on Monday June 26th.
Read MoreDr. Léa Lescouzère’s Early Career Blog
Dr. Lescouzères is a postdoctoral research fellow in Dr. Kessen Patten’s lab at the INRS-Institut Armand Frappier in Canada. She is currently working on zebrafish models of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) with the aim of identifying new physiopathological mechanisms induced by mutations in the C9ORF72 gene, and new therapeutic targets.
Read MoreDr. Marianne Nury’s Early Career Blog
Dr. Marianne Nury is a 2022 NMD4C and MDC clinical fellowship recipient and is currently completing a neuromuscular fellowship at University Hospital, London Health Sciences Centre.
Read MoreDr. Geoff Frost’s Early Career Blog
Human bodies are complex, difficult to understand biological machines. I have been forever fascinated by the mechanics and processes that make us tick. In my previous career as a biomedical engineer, I sought to study and then design processes that could help make machines work. I was always overjoyed when an engineering team could bring together multiple different and seemingly unrelated parts to create a machine that accomplished something wonderous. And there is no greater machine, in my eyes, than the human body.
Read MoreDr. Rebecca Robertson’s Early Career Blog
Dr. Rebecca Robertson is one of the recipients of the NMD4C and MDC postdoctoral research fellowships for 2022. Read her early-career neuromuscular blog!
Read MoreDr. Emanuela Pannia’s Early Career Blog
Dr. Pannia is a recipient of the NMD4C and MDC postdoctoral research fellowship for 2022, where her research will involve determining the molecular mechanisms and environmental modifiers of progressive liver disease in X-linked myotubular myopathy.
Read MoreDr. Matthew Triolo’s Early Career Blog
Dr. Matthew Triolo is a Postdoctoral Fellow working within Dr. Mireille Khacho’s lab in the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Ottawa. Matthew first completed his BSc in Kinesiology and Health Science with a Minor in Biology at York University.
Read MoreDr. Ian Smith’s Early Career Blog
Dr. Smith is currently leading multiple translational research projects in a wide variety of neuromuscular conditions at The Ottawa Hospital’s NeuroMuscular Centre to facilitate rare disease diagnosis, develop more effective monitoring of neuromuscular disease progression and treatment response.
Read MoreSamar Muslemani’s Blog
“Occupational therapy is where science, creativity, and compassion collide”. This is a quote from Jessica Kensky, a survivor of the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing and keynote speaker at the 2016 American Occupational Therapy Association welcome ceremony. To me, this quote represents exactly what I love about my profession. Pursuing a PhD allows me to develop these three elements even further…
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